Forty-six

I know I'm a day late with the Valentine's pictures...but I just didn't get around to taking a picture yesterday until bedtime.  Ah well, better a day late than never!   

Forty-five

Wow, she must be at a really intense part of her book...LOL!

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This look is totally her saying, "Are you STILL taking pictures of me?  Can't a girl read in peace in here?"

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Forty-four

I was so happy to be able to spend the whole day with my sweet girl after working all weekend.  Even though she is sick, she was still in good spirits and we had lots of fun!  We never even made it out of our PJ's.  

Considering how much I missed her this weekend, she got a lot of extra mommy hugs and kisses today!

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Forty-three

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Forty-two

Our hospital's brand new pediatric burn room and tub.

Forty-one

Where I work...

Forty

A few iPhone pictures of a pretty sunrise!

I love how the shadow of our cherry tree showed on our house. I didn't edit these pictures at all.

Thirty-nine

This picture is cheating (I took it a couple days ago) but since I didn't want to post a crappy picture...here ya go!  I really liked how this one turned out, especially considering we were using the timer.  I was letting Ella push the shutter button and then she'd run back to jump in my lap, hence her big smile!

Thirty-eight

My photo is pretty uninspiring today.  I was trying a couple things that weren't working out so well and then I spotted my daughter's swing.  It just looked lonely and sad in the bleak light at the end of the day.   That's pretty much how I feel about this picture.  It is lonely and sad.

I work all weekend (4 nights in a row) so there may be a few more lonely and sad images coming soon.

Thirty-seven

Despite being slightly out of focus... 

(seriously what is my problem?  I've really been having a hard time getting anything sharply focused lately.)

I love this shot.  I just might have to get this one printed to put on the mantel. I love this little girl so much!

Thirty-six

Play.doh!

I am such a non-mess loving person.  I don't like my hands/face/clothes to be sticky/icky/gross, etc.  Letting her play with stuff like Play.doh, paints, etc goes against everything in my nature, LOL!  

However, I do want her to have a creative/high sensory outlet (and of course she LOVES to do all those things, she has no problem with messes) so I overcome this by just strapping her into her high chair and putting her in a super bib or super smock!  The best (cheapest) ones I've found so far have been at I.kea.  This was the most "into" Play.doh that she's been so far.  We played for at least 45 minutes or so.

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Thirty-five

Bennie...the sweetest dog I have ever known!

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Thirty-four

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Thirty-three

We spent the morning at the International Motorcycle Show.  We are not big motorcycle people but we wanted to take our daughter to try out her Strider bike at the Strider Adventure Zone.  She LOVED it.  After she played on the track for awhile, we were allowed to let her ride around as we walked to check out the exhibits.  Let's just say that STRIDER got some amazing free advertising from our little one.  She was oblivious but everyone she rode by was checking her out!  She was riding around like she owned the place...LOL!  Too cute!  

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Thirty-two

Ella and Mike playing blocks!  I love these because of how special these two people are to me!

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